From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Vincent Lefevre Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32413: 25.2; When run as root, emacs writes dconf files in a non-root user's /run/user/XXX directory Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:57:58 +0200 Message-ID: <20180810125758.GD12819@zira.vinc17.org> References: <87k1oyy3fi.fsf@zira.vinc17.org> <83600io1pl.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533905838 536 195.159.176.226 (10 Aug 2018 12:57:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:57:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1+58 (10c1ac4b) vl-108074 (2018-07-29) Cc: 32413@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 10 14:57:13 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fo6yf-0008QB-N1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:57:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56111 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fo70k-0001RF-Ia for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:59:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49979) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fo70U-0001Q4-Sv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:59:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fo70Q-0003YU-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fo70Q-0003YD-Oh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fo70Q-0001BK-H5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Vincent Lefevre Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32413 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32413-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32413.15339058824468 (code B ref 32413); Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32413) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2018 12:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46424 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fo6zS-00019p-Ef for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from joooj.vinc17.net ([155.133.131.76]:43724) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fo6zP-00019Z-UA for 32413@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:58:00 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-zira.vinc17.net (unknown [37.168.145.214]) by joooj.vinc17.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 91DD324F; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:57:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by zira.vinc17.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 22401C200CD; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:57:58 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83600io1pl.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer-Info: https://www.vinc17.net/mutt/ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:149409 Archived-At: On 2018-08-10 15:17:26 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Vincent Lefevre > > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:30:09 +0200 > > > > Emacs should never create files/directories if the user hasn't > > explicitly asked it to do that > > I don't agree with this principle, not in this general form. (The "in > a directory owned by another user" part, to which I think I agree, as > written, was not a qualification for this general statement, so it > doesn't count for the purposes of the principle itself.) > > As just one random example of what Emacs "should never do", we write > the customizations to a file "without the user's explicit request". I don't understand why there is anything to write if the user hasn't customized anything. And if the user introduces some customization, then this can be regarded as an explicit write operation (due to the action of the user in this sense). -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)